, 1887-10-13

cupy the Lew Webster House being bui!t
on The b'uiT
Capt Tom. Grant, new house IS ole
f the finest III tuwu, and IS nearly
ready Tor occupying.
Mrs Lizzie A. Davis OF Dungeness
will 80 10 Seattle today. where she will
attend schuol this wInter.
Mrs. Piumuer sr, is having l. build
ing erected for stable on the north
sllc Of her residence lots.
Wires down again. We OF course re-
gret very much the absence photographic
news, but It can't be helped.
1t Is expected llal the OIympiau and
Prcuirs will make things lively on Pu-
s't S1uad ia the steamboat line.
TIE Enterprise is running to the head
of the hay aud to Ehey's Landing while
tie Virginia ID laid up for repairs.
Flags were displayed at half mast all
over town yesterday, in respect To the
memory uf the late f. W. Pettygroye.
Union wharf is deiug wideued on the
east side, and viii hereafter have more
ruom for the increasing business that
passe- over 1t.
Sheriff Sheeuau and others returned
from ca macum last evening, havirg
been unsuccessful. in the search after the
missing man, Mr.. Wright.
The funeral Of the late Francis w.
Pe,tygruve, sr., will take place from the
residence this Afternoon ut o'clock
All friends OF the iamiIy are invited to
be present.
Mr.. and Mrs. chamberlain moved
yesterday to their HGw apartments in the
ANGUS building opposite the opera
house. They are beginning life with
great expectations.
Mr.. Arthur Dobbs. an experienced
and capable house apd sign painter and
decorator, is removing to this city with
his family to reside. HIS advertisement
will be found in our c2lumo~ soon.
Alo'ls - ~ Dasur WbO Has JuSI ic'
turned from aD extended trip 10 Sooyoos,
says he saw 81 COW over there that would
weigh over l,S00 pounds. Holy Moses
what a country for cattle! Mr.. Eash
went to Ola Haubor after his family.
Capt. L. II. AcAimoud of Ddnceness
was injured yesterday ~ falling from a
N. Al III
for, bnt before he could get started a
sscoDd telegram can't saying til At lie
need not come. So it is rrctty SURF tha,
the Captains injuries are not as severe
a at ilrs: Supposed.
QuIte an Improvement is to be made
/ in Union wharf. Harry Tibbals says he
proposes, in widening The wharf, TO en-
close Il walk through the center, for peo-
pie an foot, and have q drive way on
either side for teams. Then there will
DO no clashiug or jams, as one side will
lie used for teams going and the other
for those coming.
Those splendid editorials in the Gail,
written by a Washington correspondent
who gets up letters to order democratic,
republican or independently are attract
ing attention
Thirty new subscribers in town for
DAILY since the change to morning is
sue. Where are the others? The
change involves n heavy outlay for dis
patches. VIII our citizens show their
appreciation of enterprise in their be-
half; or. viii they permit the burden to
lie borne at the expense of generous
publisher? Our purse is not that Of a
banker.
H.,W. Mcpherson OF DuDgeEess has
discovered large prairie back OF the
head waters of the Elkwa river between
the first range aud perpetual SHOW in the
Olympic mountains in Clalam county.
He will cut trail twenty-five miles
sonth and west from Lost mountain
back of Duugeness, and will Thus open
the newly discovered range for stock
raising
johnny Woody, whose arm was
broken last year IN the saw mill, has
had it il n sling ever since. Recently it
was discovered that the boues had not
properly united, and they were broken
afresh and reset, Si~ce which time the
arm seems TO bs doing well. We may
therefore look for hia speedy recovery.
Mr.. Woody has Lal n pretty bard time
for younS man with family,
AIR. A. May, general aGont for Oregon,
Washington and Idaho at the Equitable
Life Assurance Society o: the q. s., with
officers in New York, is in town. Mr.
May has been promoted since his last
visit to our city. rbe company he rep
resenIs IL one OF the oldest and best es-
tablished in the nation. Among its
beneficiaries We may mention Mrs.
Stratton of this city, who received $500
on the death of her late husband.
Prompt payment and square dealing is
the company's motto, and 1t has built
up au immense business by that policy
faithfully followed. Anyone wishing n
policy in the company would do well to
apply ut the ARGUS office where facilities
will be afforded.
Two Indian infant children died en-
Poiut Hudson-one Wednesday night
and one early yesterday morning. Health
Officer Minkler was called upon to see II
the disease was contagious but replied
that it was properly the business OF the
citv health officer, DIR. L. 7. Seavey,
who WAS absent in the east, but he con-
sented 10 go and make the necessary ex-
animation. He found, however, TINT one
of the children died. from insufficient
food and neglect. and the other from
consumption. He says the Indian CHI
dren. after handling hops, find their